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Voters as volatile as race

BY JIM RAGSDALE

Pioneer Press


Voters in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race have been battered by tragedy, stunned by the uproar over a raucous memorial service and confronted with a new name on the ballot at the last minute.

Like the race, voters are suddenly volatile, and it appears to be affecting polls.

Two competing media polls, one conducted on behalf of the Pioneer Press and Minnesota Public Radio and the other by the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune, have found opposite, mirror-image results in the contest between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Walter Mondale.

A Pioneer Press-Minnesota Public Radio poll suggests that the momentum began swinging in the direction of Republican Norm Coleman following a memorial service for the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone this week. Coleman holds a 47-to-41 percent lead over former Vice President Walter Mondale, according to the poll.

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